Rogue One Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards, is an upcoming prequel to the original Star Wars. Set just before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One is the story of a group of resistance fighters tasked with stealing the plans for the Empire’s newest and most dangerous weapon – […]
2008’s Doomsday was a passion project from horror director Neil Marshall. An homage to the B-Movies from the 70s and 80s which he grew up on – giving them a British spin. While the initial critical reception was mixed upon its original release, the movie has developed a cult following, particularly in Scotland. In 2008, […]
There’s a new Rogue One trailer, and it’s epic! No surprises there! In this trailer we see a lot more of Mads Mikkelsen’s character, aka Galen, the father of our hero Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones). We get an awesome shot of him, reminiscent of Luke on Tatooine in Episode IV, before he gets taken away […]
Directed by controversial biopic master Oliver Stone, Snowden is a dramatisation of the events in whistleblower Edward Snowden’s life leading up to the 2013 NSA leak. Speaking (via video link) at San Diego Comic Con earlier this year, Snowden himself expressed his discomfort with the movie being made at all, but went on to say: […]
The Autopsy of Jane Doe, directed by André Øvredal (Troll Hunter) is a horror movie riddled with cheap jump scares and overused tropes that all but bury the few interesting ideas and genuinely unnerving moments. Austin (Brian Cox) and Tommy Tilden (Emile Hirsch) are father-and-son coroners that are asked by the police to examine a […]
Since the introduction of The Da Vinci Code in 2003, Dan Brown’s books have become a phenomenon that has seen world-wide acclaim and extreme scrutiny. The action/mystery novels have sold millions of copies, penned numerous theological debates and Robert Langdon has become the most recognized fictional symbologist in the world. With this success, it would make sense that film […]
The 27th iteration of the New Orleans Film Festival is set to launch this week with the locally filmed LBJ, a political docudrama directed by Rob Reiner and starring Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Jason Leigh as the acclaimed presidential couple. The Festival announced that both Reiner and Harrelson will be in attendance for the opening night red-carpet event […]
